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Legislative Webcasts of Floor Proceedings, Committee Hearings, and Archiving of Webcasts

as of February 15, 2008

The number of states that provide live broadcasts of their proceedings over the Internet and television continues to grow. As of January 2008, live proceedings were available on the Internet from 45 states plus  Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.  Many legislatures also are offering webcasts of committee hearings.  About half the states also archive floor or committee proceedings (for varying periods of time).  At least 28 states and D.C. broadcast some legislative proceedings on television.  Below is a chart with links to states legislatures' offerings.  See also Closed Captioning of Legislative Broadcasts and additional resources on this subject here.  You may also download RealPlayer or Windows Media Player to listen or watch these Webcasts.

State

Chamber

Live Webcasts of Floor Proceedings 

Archived Webcasts of Floor Proceedings 

Live Webcasts of Committee Hearings

Archived Webcasts of Committee Hearings

Television Broadcasts (see also NAPAN)
Total No. of States with TV or Webcasts: 46+DC  
Total audio or video: 45

Total audio or video: 22

Total audio or video: 24

Total audio or video: 16


Total: 28 + DC

Alabama

House
Senate

Audio
Audio

 

 

 

 

Alaska

Both

Video

Audio and Video

Video

Audio and Video

KTOO (PBS)

Arizona

House
Senate

Video
Video

Video

Video
Video

Video

Arizona Capitol TV (Channel 123, Cox Communications)

Arkansas

None

 

 

 

 

California

Both

Video

Video

Video

Video

The California Channel

Colorado

House
Senate

Audio, Video
Audio

 

Audio

 

The Colorado Channel

Connecticut

Both

Video

Video

Video

Video

Connecticut Network (CTN)

Delaware

House

Audio

 

 

 

 
District of Columbia  

 Video

 Video

 Video

 Video

District of Columbia

Florida

House
Senate

Video
Video

Video
Video

Video
Video

Video
Video


The Florida Channel

Georgia

Both

Video

Video

Video

 

Georgia Public Television

Hawaii

 

 

 

 

 

Channel 54 NATV

Idaho

Both

Video

 

Audio

 

Idaho Public Television

Illinois

House
Senate

Video
Video

 

 

 

The Illinois Channel

Indiana

Both

Audio and Video

Video

Audio and Video

 

 

Iowa

Both

Audio

 

 

 

 

Kansas

Both

Audio

 

Video

 

 

Kentucky

Both

Video

Video

Video

Video

Kentucky Educational Television

Louisiana

House
Senate

Video
Video

Video
Video

Video
Video

Video
Video

Louisiana Public Broadcasting (LPB)

Maine

House
Senate

Video
Video

 

Audio

 

 

Maryland

Both

Audio

Audio

 

 

Maryland Public Television

Massachusetts

House
Senate

Video
Video

 

 

 

Michigan

House
Senate

Video
Video

 

Video
Video

 

Michigan Government Television

Minnesota

House
Senate

Video
Video

Video
Video

Video
Video

Video
Video

Minnesota Public Television
Minnesota Public Television

Mississippi

Senate

Video (limited)

 

 

 

 

Missouri

Both

Audio

 

 

 

 

Montana

Both

 

Audio

 

Audio

TVMT

Nebraska

Unicameral

Video

 

 

 

Nebraska Education Telecommunications (NETV2)

Nevada

Both

Video

 

Video

 

 

New Hampshire

House
Senate

Video
Audio

Video
Audio

 

 

 

New Jersey

Both

Video

Video

Video

Video

New Jersey Cable Telecommunications Association

New Mexico

None

 

 

 

 

 

New York

Assembly
Senate

Video
Video

 

 

 

CTANY

North Carolina

Both

Audio

 

Audio

 

 

North Dakota

Both

Video

 

 

 

 

Ohio

Both

Video

Video

 

 

The Ohio Channel

Oklahoma

House
Senate

Audio
Video

 

 

 

 

Oregon

Both

Video

Video

Video

Video

Oregon Public Broadcasting

Pennsylvania

 

 

 

 

 

Pennsylvania Cable Network (PCN)
Puerto Rico
House
Senate

Audio
Video

       

Rhode Island

 

 

 

 

 

Rhode Island PBS

South Carolina

Both

Video

 

 

 

The South Carolina Channel

South Dakota

House
Senate

Audio
Audio

Audio
Audio

Audio
Audio

Audio
Audio

South Dakota Public Television (SDPTV)

Tennessee

House
Senate

Video
Video

Video
Audio

Video
Video

Video
Audio

Tennessee Cable TV

Texas

House
Senate

Video
Video

Video
Video

Video
Video

Video
Video

PBS

Utah

House
Senate

Audio
Audio

Audio
Audio

 

 

 

Vermont

Both

Audio

 

 

 

 
Virgin Islands
 

Audio

       

Virginia

Senate

Video

 

 

 

 

Washington

Both

Video

Audio

Video

Audio

TVW

West Virginia

None

 

 

 

 

 

Wisconsin

Assembly
Senate

Video
Audio

Audio
Video

Audio
Video

Audio
Video

 Wisconsin Eye

Wyoming

House
Senate

Audio
Audio

 

 

 

 

Please contact Pam Greenberg with questions or with updates and changes to this list. 303-364-7700 ext. 1413, pam.greenberg at ncsl.org.

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